Pope Adeodatus I

Pope Adeodatus I (550-8 November 618) was Pope from 615 to 618, succeeding Pope Boniface IV and preceding Pope Boniface V.

Biography
Adeodatus was born in 550 AD in Rome, the son of a deacon. He reversed the practice of his predecessor Pope Boniface IV in which he filled the administrative ranks with monks, instead ordaining the first priests since the tenure of Pope Gregory I. In 618 he died of scab disease that broke out after an earthquake.